New Standards Measure Blue Light’s Impact on Sleep and Eye Health
The new industry methodologies were developed to help verify marketing claims related to blue light reduction and color performance.
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How Much Does Your Phone’s Blue Light Really Delay Your Sleep? Relax, It’s Just 2.7 Minutes
New research reveals that blue light from phones delays sleep by an average of only 2.7 minutes, challenging common beliefs about its impact.
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PhD Research Explores Precarious Balance of Sleep, Light and Sedentarism Among Gamers
With frequent and long stints at their computers, the average gamer is a sedentary night owl, often compromising on sleep—especially quality sleep—and being exposed to too much blue light.
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Experts Declare Nighttime LED Use a Health Hazard Due to Blue-Rich Light
A new consensus survey supports the widespread introduction of circadian lighting that adjusts light intensity and blue content across day and night.
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Do Blue-Light Glasses Really Work? Can They Reduce Eye Strain or Help Me Sleep?
Blue-light glasses are said to improve your sleep, reduce eye strain when using computers, and protect your eye health. But do they work?
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Blue-Light Blocking Glasses Probably Won’t Improve Your Sleep
Spectacles that are marketed to filter out blue light probably make no difference to sleep quality, according to a new Cochrane review.
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Blue Light Exposure Changes Puberty Onset and Ovarian Tissue, Study in Rodents Suggests
Use of blue-light emitting mobile devices has previously been linked to disrupted sleeping patterns in children but these findings suggest there could be additional risks.
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Harm From Blue Light Exposure Increases with Age, Study Finds
Flies exposed to blue light showed damage to their retinal cells and brain neurons. This damage, the researchers found, got worse with age.
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How Electric Light Exposure Impacts Sleep
New research shows limiting electric light exposure —especially at night—can have a positive effect on biological rhythms and metabolic health.
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Exposure to Light with Less Blue Before Sleep Is Better for Energy Metabolism
New information about the effects of different kinds of light on physical processes may facilitate the selection of alternative light sources to mitigate the negative consequences of light exposure at night.
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Blue-light Filtering Glasses Improve Sleep & Workday Productivity
The study provides evidence of a cost-effective means of improving employee sleep, and the implied return on investment is ‘gigantic.’
Read MoreWill Blue Light Glasses Improve Sleep?
A sleep researcher writes for Harvard Business Review about the potential of blue light blocking glasses.
Read MoreHow Blue Light From Your Phone is Damaging Your Skin and Disrupting Sleep
The blue light that emits from our phone, laptop and other devices can have a negative impact on sleep, skin, and mood, Vogue reports.
Read MoreSurvey: Most Children Sleep with Mobile Phone Beside Bed
More than half of children say they sleep with their mobile phone beside their bed, according to an annual survey of young people’s use of media.The Childwise report found children getting mobiles at an earlier age, with...
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Blue Light for Entrainment Can Help Heal Concussions
Early morning blue light exposure therapy can aid the healing process of people impact by mild...
Read MoreThe Couples Who Sleep ‘Together’ Over Videochat
The Atlantic reports on couples who keep a camera running overnight to provide a sense of comfort when sleeping far from one another. Couples remotely share a bed for many reasons, ranging from the pragmatic to the...
Read MoreNight Mode Could Actually be Worse for Your Sleep Pattern, Study Finds
Blue light might not be disrupting your sleep pattern after all, or at least not as much as night mode does, according to new research. That’s the word from University of Manchester scientists, who said...
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